Cycling is about "Safe exercise" and "Safe low-emission travel" The Health and Fitness objective is UNDERMINED if the means of exercise is UNSAFE! This blog STRONGLY OPPOSES certain reforms VicRoads is currently considering: “cyclists could be allowed to treat red lights as Give Way signs. And the same could also APPLY at pedestrian lights."
Also "PERMITTING cyclists, riding cautiously, to proceed past a stationary tram;" "allowing teenagers to ride on footpaths"(Herald Sun)PDowe

One of the deceased was
4, one was 5, one was 10, two were 11, and one was 13 yo.

Two of the deceased boys were too
young to be on a bicycle unsupervised,

and too young to be on the roads at 4 and 5 years of
age.

Pete Dowe“Cyclists are much more likely to Die from Bicycle Alone Accidents Bike
Falls and from Riding from the footpath onto the Road than Dooring and more
likely to be seriously injured by Bike Falls and Riding from the Footpath onto
the Road”Pete Dowe

"Young people are being killed riding off the footpath

onto the road"

"Most (63%) of the fatalities in this group are under 15 and male." (2002)

"This type of crash also accounts for 18.2% of all cycle crashes."

"This
crash type illustrates one of the main problems with footpath riding -

cyclists
still have to cross a road at every intersection, including each driveway."

Riders need to take care when leaving the footpath to cross a road

or to begin riding on the road."

"Road safety for children is like pool safety – constant supervision is the key."